About Jean Alazard
Lived 1887 – 1960 (aged 73). Jean Alazard was a French art historian, university teacher and translator.
Jean Alazard (5 August 1887 – 3 October 1960) was a French art historian who was an expert on the art of the Renaissance and Orientalism.
Early life Alazard was born in Lacalm in the Aveyron. He attended the Lycée and moved to Italy, where he became an authority on the art of the Renaissance.
Algeria In 1921 Alazard moved to Algeria where he continued his research into Italian art and began to be interested in Orientalism.
Alazard was the first curator of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers from 1930 to 1960.
Selected publications Michelangelo Sculptures. Tudor Publishing, New York, 1965. The Florentine portrait. Schocken Books, New York, 1968. Ingres et L'Ingrisme. L'Orient et la peinture française.
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Who was Jean Alazard?
French art historian (1887-1960)
When was Jean Alazard born?
Jean Alazard was born on 5 August 1887 in Lacalm.
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Jean Alazard died on 3 October 1960 in Chaudes-Aigues.
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Jean Alazard was an art historian, university teacher and translator.
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Jean Alazard was French.
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